Paper feeding, detecting, and rejecting device for printing-presses.



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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 19l4. 1, 1%5 SQCQ, Patented July 6, 1915.

WITNESES.-

IN V ENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

IVI. IVI. KANDLE.

PAPER FEEDING, DETECTING. AND REIECTING DEVICE FOR PRINTING PIRIESSES.

APPLICATION FILED IU'IE I5, ISM.

LIIQWLIGI IuIvnIcd July I}, IIIIS.

ISSIIEETS SIIEEI Z WIT E5555.-

M. M. KANDLE.

PAPER FEEDING, DETECTING, AND REJECTING DEVICE FOR PRiNTlNG PRESSES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1914.

Ll%5 @%U., Patented July 6, 1915.

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mmwi s A TTOR NE Y M. M. KANDLE.

PAPER FEEDING. DETECTING, AND REIECTING DEVICE FOR PRINTING PRESSES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I5, 1914.

Patented July 6, 1915.

6 SHEETSSHEET 4- X w as IIIIIII IIII Ii EM ATTORNEY.

W M 5555; I IIVVE/ENTOR. w I A jizifimflfimdk M. M. KANDLE. 1 PAPER FEEDING, DETECTING, AND REJECTING DEVICE FOR PRINTING'PRESSES.

LIAfiAQAU APPLICATION FILED JUNE I5, 19H- Patented July 6, 1915.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

WITNESSES? mmmm g g n. W W

ATTORNEY.

M. M. KANDLE. PAPER FEEDING, DETECTING, AND REJECTING DEVICE FOR PRINTING PRESSES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, I914. Patented July 6, 1915.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 6.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY.

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nymperly I n. m1" ci'izinging drawn, into 21in: pressi if it i 01? the A Wheelpositioned on the ipi'essioii Q' mg for A births? objm position,

roller over \"v hicii dime/M011,

39 piiiiiiig roiiers a ifl QEi'lS for v2 Fm-0e (in Jim sh fin impar'ii i 35 mitteiitiy "J angiesc ea 0i? i i i .011 mechanism for p0. i911 531m Sill-t1" Fi 1.0 is a against the dim .0 ofFig. 5 it is drawn int g ki: Em eccentric $9 The pi'csa'rmi M. is a side deviitionai on the coiisiba i Y mi; pulling meciianhamin its 95 uiuiineci in i :c I." I lava @661 pc-siui 011 Fig; 12 is i YiQ'W m1 fiiia. iii'ie l2---12 of ill, means for driving the h1 angies to each other.

is 21 J'fiun ei'e'vationai vi ew of Fig. 11. N0

is Q ggj -neiizfl plain View in dent-ed. lines ibm to adjust the lower paper E01: "viii-wag tha measure campresiicc'enti'lc 85 Referring; side eie atimin]. for opsi'ating Mia 95;; ziiiism, which includes nnisi'n between Mia mam shaft upun which i do ed. Fig. is a v per smii'acaa an the puss-10m.

H the iii 1" and. iueding oii'iiecti'ijig in Qriw-Wiievi mid the;

mviici batw zen saiti mi (21's midi the 131111 s Fig. 15 is awerticai sectional View .These'erms support the, two forward G 18 against which the forward edges oi paper engage when it is accurately posibracket arm 31 by means of the screws tioned. The end gages Figs. 2 and 4..

20 designates a pair cl uprights thit 19 are indicated secured to the sides of the press-feed-hoerd 1 near its forward edge (see Figs. 1 21 designates a fixedshsit rod which, is cured to the uprights 20 and on which the movable lolocks 22 are mounted are secured in position by means of the thumb screws 23. Secured to each of the blocks are the downwardly and forwordly extend, ing paper guides 24. H

. 25 is s shaft for supporting the pull wheel. mechanism shove the press feed hoard, the ends of which are mounted in the verticslly slidoble blocks 26 (see 2;, 3, and 10).

Located shove the inovahle blocks 9% and engaging the some are two 25, which eccentric wheels 2"! are n 1 raising the blocks the supporting shsitt 25, and the parts carried thereby. The eccentric disks 27 are secured to the shell; 28. This shaft is designed to he norniull y rotated in opposite directions by means of the toothed rack 29 (see Fig. 9) which meshes with the wheel 30 thstis secured to the shsit 28 on which the eccentric disks 27 are mounted. Attached to the rock 29 is s so, and secured to this srin issn upright to which the arm 3 5i. is secured. The outer and lower end of the arm 3% enggu the upper end of the lift rod 9 which is actuated from the coin wheel 8 that is driven from the source of power. The depressions 8 and 8 cause the rack 29 to alternately rise and fall 2). definite amount. lt will be seen therefore, that upon the rotation of the coin wheel 8 that the rack 29 will he periodically operated and the pull wheel niechanisin supported by the supporting shaft 25 will he periodically raised and lowered from the rotary motion imparted to theshuft 28. In order to return the supporting shsftsfter each elevation thereof springs 34: ere ct tached, one end to uprights 20, the other to the blocks ill) at their other ends as in dicated at 35 and 36 respectivehv.

36 designates slidahle brackets mounted on the su 'iporting shaft (see Figs. 2 and 3), depending from the shaft engug ing p0. tion of the brackets 36 are arms 37, through the lower ends of which passes a drive shaft 38 which operates the pull-wheels and which may be termed a pull wheel drive shaft.

This shaft is formed with a spline 39 clearly shown in Fig. 7.

40 is a set screw for locking the bracket whereby the direct operator the drives a sprocket wheel over which passes o. sprocket chain Wl'ilCll engages the wheel 41% on the end oi. the shaft d5, that has a hearing in the supports 46 and 4:7. Loosely mounted. on this shait is spurgesr 48 end hove igesr These are themselves secured together. Finns-d or keyed to the shaft 4:5 the hovel gear 50 rind the spur gear 51. Located between the bevel gears 19 and 50 is the bevel. pinion 52 in of rotation of the 4:8 and is reversed Loos *ly niountthe oultwheel snstt 38 are two spur 1 gears :l and The opposite faces of these gears are formed with projections 55 and olidohly mounted on squared portion 55 of the heft 38 between the gears and cl h block 58, the ends of which 7 incd witli projections end 60 to envvie projections and 56 oi? the wheels l3 and 5%.

till designates an annular groove in the clutch-block 58 to receive the lower end of the shift-lever 62 that is operated from the eccentric coin $3 on the shstt Pivotally attached to the lower end of the linlr lever 62 is s rod (33" that is pivotsily secured to a part of the ll'llll'ltfilfll'li as shown at 6 2 by means of u hloclillfi through which loosely posses tl rod 63. The link 62 is pivotally connected. at 62 to the rod 63 When the shaft L8 rotated by the rock 29, that is driven from. the mini 8 see l 1) and the eccentric 3 moved to the position shown in l ig. 8. the block 58 is shifted to cause this block to become locked to eithcr'one or the other of the wheels 53 or 54, which, as

stated, are driven in opposite directions from the wheels 4-8 and 5 1. depending whether or not the sheet is to be fed into the machine orrcjcc d as will be fully set forth in the statement oi operation.

listening now in et-oil to the construction and operation oi' the paper pull wheels, (see l igx 12) S6 and G7 designate the pullwheels that arranged at right angles to each other end are iisi'nistunty rotated so as to alternately "n?" the sheet of par lOlilCliClLS ilil m''ef to mis s, g

pmdent adjustment'p {536i Camsider a sheet of paper in be p acct: upon {aha press bam'd 1 1t being muck-Adam.

ranged at 16.53% all} Fig, M) in @rdm mg in iz'ec'tions that we 19% to each @1193 whaels fis accampR may: em, 79 is inosafiy W1 38 and the 12mm @1163 leos'eiy pivmefi an the gliding div/"ice 311mm 1;;

Referring my to Wheefis S6; and 67 an; arm, the 911%? end at eliip soidal msumed (m ihs pin ma'ammd m a bras A humb-sm'e fi" m 92. Wham ihumu arm 90., as siatec'fi, is nand 8%? are at ieren head engages c will be ob' erve t" '76 are moumbel i on press feed table 1 w 97 am 98 leading the.

i etainecl Wig, $313,655 by 1.11% Xi; will be Seen flmt *Jni 2.561 I quz'e any change 01: ithe existing muchin s attachment. Av. (903% 'vatimmi mamber on a M prevent the paper in a wrinkied or In omie-r is 051321 0 sf the blacks 28 wifsh by, compressiun swim as imdica'ed in Fig. 10.

The opemmian of the (ievice s falls-v1 2:

' means an Q to each other, gegges Ward ami one side edge;

eembimtien, er in step two or more wui'ice of the and means weenie 1% direction canrvi-hei-zi lts nori'nei.

eeiis'si-uc on Ibis m moved; in the pressed, temis w L against the gear 53 slant as What Ii en 1121 1. The comhiniieieii in 12 machine of class described, of me 1 to fee paper forward, operable if 'Lhe fzioi'ied for ei'in i'ng eperziemns.

2. The eombin class describes i feed 2i sheet 0" means '0} eiebie pesitieneii for n the sheet prim m sh euid it iimeei 3. The eembine.

en- ":r former im epen dent ml each. of

1'- i 1 m i ,i w mesa,

inflatable tie means for 1 i eimesses may e1" euiomat'r 'ien e reizetmn of said sheet, and mains sheet ne die to permit the feeding means eir eeeme iii-- effective when the sheet engngee the g jegee and means to egeet the eheet eiieuid flee same be inaeeuzrzweiy msitmneci. with reiee ence to the we iimnrd, mil

reetengular shaped sheet ,carried thereby to intermittently advance the sheet, rectangular. shaped sheet engaging deviceseto intermittently edvance the sheet .tjienof a sheet of peper before the printing operations, a reteteble shaft, substantieiiy engaging devices I ;in e direction-uteri zin'gleto the first men t nned d rect on, send devices helng geared and lnez ns to-reverse the direetien Y euretely pesitiened en saidtabie.

together for operating v alternately upon the sheette nmv'etheseine against the gages,

V of rota.-

tion of said shaft to eject the sheet if inac- 14. A sheet feeding deviee comprising, in

,combinetion, en ellip'seidal' roller, ,1 device coiiperating with the reller and formed with sheet engaging surfaces that are spaced from each othen wherehy when e sheet is inserted betvveenthe roller and said 00- operatingdeviee,

step motion-.wili-be imparted to the sheet, gages againstpwhich the sheet is moved'end an intermittent or step by means to move said eeiiperating device toward theireller for fe'eding sheets of difi'erent thieknesses 1s described, and whereby the the sheet frictions! contact pressure on the sheet cen lee-varied to prevent advsmeing the sheet after the same is moved egamst the ga s.

I 15.111 e sheetfeeding device, the gem i-' nation, gages against which the sheet is fed, 30

means to advance the'sheet, elastically su ported means to vary the pressure of said sheet advancing means on the sheet, where by when the sheet is moved against the geges further advance (if the 16. In a sheet feeding device designed and arranged to'feed the 'sheet inh Ste ;1 by step manner, gages against which the s eet is fed, said device comprising upper and lower-devices to engage the sheet,,e1astici1'1ly 40 supportedvmeans to vary the pressure of the lower device on'the sheet to cause the advanee mo'vementef the sheet to cease when engages the gage devlces, as described."

MATTHIASM. KANDLE, Witnesses: I

, HARRY W. BOWEN,

H. E. HAn'rweLL.

sheet is prevented, 3:1 

